'Karnataka Mining' - 271 News Result(s)

A top IAS officer in the Karnataka state secretariat on Tuesday alleged that a legislator of the ruling party "abused and threatened" him for not clearing his son's application over granting a mining lease.

Allegations of corruption were no hurdle when it came to a Karnataka minister's son bagging a key vigilance post. PWD Minister HC Mahadevappa's son, accused of bribery for sand mining rights, is the chairman of a committee tasked with monitoring projects for his father's constituency.

The arrest of a Karnataka IAS officer earlier this week by a Special Investigation Team or SIT could mean trouble for former chief minister, HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal Secular. The issue - once again - is illegal mining.

Two women administration officials in Karnataka were allegedly attacked during a raid on an illegal sand mining unit late last night. Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has filed a complaint with the police, saying an attempt was made to kill her and assistant commissioner Shilpa Nag, when they had gone to Kandlur. Both of them are safe.

Two senior women bureaucrats, including an IAS officer, were allegedly assaulted by a group of sand miners when they raided an illegal sand extraction unit in neighbouring Udupi district, police said today.

Six years after a Lokayukta report indicted two Karnataka chief ministers N Dharam Singh and HD Kumaraswamy, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a probe into the role played by the two politicians in a mining scam.
The probe, to be conducted by the state's special investigation team, will have to report its findings to the court within three mo...

An official allegedly close to Karnataka mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy has been arrested after a suicide note by his driver accused him of helping Mr Reddy launder money. The cash was allegedly used for Mr Reddy's daughter's wedding last month, the opulence of which had made international headlines.

Mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy laundered 100 crores of untaxed money ahead of his daughter's internationally-headlined wedding last month, a driver in Karnataka has alleged in a note left behind after he killed himself yesterday.

Alvin Mendonca, drove past the Bengaluru palace ground this week on his way to work in Bengaluru, but unlike many other people, the ostentatious wedding of politician and mining baron Janardhana Reddy's daughter being held there did not have top of the mind recall for him. The media professional is worried about another wedding.

50,000 people attended a wedding in Bengaluru hosted by politician and mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy. Not invited, but present nevertheless, were some tax officers who, according to sources, were discreetly appraising the lavish arrangements.

Away from the tired and furious crowds at banks and ATMs after an overnight currency ban, Karnataka politician and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy is hosting a blockbuster wedding in Bengaluru with a budget that matches that of a movie.

'Karnataka Mining' - 271 News Result(s)

A top IAS officer in the Karnataka state secretariat on Tuesday alleged that a legislator of the ruling party "abused and threatened" him for not clearing his son's application over granting a mining lease.

Allegations of corruption were no hurdle when it came to a Karnataka minister's son bagging a key vigilance post. PWD Minister HC Mahadevappa's son, accused of bribery for sand mining rights, is the chairman of a committee tasked with monitoring projects for his father's constituency.

The arrest of a Karnataka IAS officer earlier this week by a Special Investigation Team or SIT could mean trouble for former chief minister, HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal Secular. The issue - once again - is illegal mining.

Two women administration officials in Karnataka were allegedly attacked during a raid on an illegal sand mining unit late last night. Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has filed a complaint with the police, saying an attempt was made to kill her and assistant commissioner Shilpa Nag, when they had gone to Kandlur. Both of them are safe.

Two senior women bureaucrats, including an IAS officer, were allegedly assaulted by a group of sand miners when they raided an illegal sand extraction unit in neighbouring Udupi district, police said today.

Six years after a Lokayukta report indicted two Karnataka chief ministers N Dharam Singh and HD Kumaraswamy, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a probe into the role played by the two politicians in a mining scam.
The probe, to be conducted by the state's special investigation team, will have to report its findings to the court within three mo...

An official allegedly close to Karnataka mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy has been arrested after a suicide note by his driver accused him of helping Mr Reddy launder money. The cash was allegedly used for Mr Reddy's daughter's wedding last month, the opulence of which had made international headlines.

Mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy laundered 100 crores of untaxed money ahead of his daughter's internationally-headlined wedding last month, a driver in Karnataka has alleged in a note left behind after he killed himself yesterday.

Alvin Mendonca, drove past the Bengaluru palace ground this week on his way to work in Bengaluru, but unlike many other people, the ostentatious wedding of politician and mining baron Janardhana Reddy's daughter being held there did not have top of the mind recall for him. The media professional is worried about another wedding.

50,000 people attended a wedding in Bengaluru hosted by politician and mining tycoon G Janardhana Reddy. Not invited, but present nevertheless, were some tax officers who, according to sources, were discreetly appraising the lavish arrangements.

Away from the tired and furious crowds at banks and ATMs after an overnight currency ban, Karnataka politician and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy is hosting a blockbuster wedding in Bengaluru with a budget that matches that of a movie.

The BJP Karnataka unit President BS Yeddyurappa today became teary-eyed in a CBI court in Bengaluru as he faced a barrage of questions relating to an alleged illegal mining scam case during his chief ministership.

An Australian-Indian consortium wants to restart gold mining in a district in Karnataka that helped symbolise former British rule in India and produced some 25 million ounces over 150 years before being abandoned due to low bullion prices.

It is more than three months since Justice Bhaskar Rao -- Karnataka Lokayukta whose son had been arrested for allegedly running an extortion racket from Lokayukta offices -- had stepped down. Since then, the anti-corruption body, which in the past had taken on anyone -- from former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to the powerful mining barons of Bell...

Lokayukta Police today raided the premises of former minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy for alleged illegal mining and possession of disproportionate assets. A 42-member team of sleuths from the anti-graft unit was involved in the operation, a Lokayukta official said.

After Karnataka and Goa, the Odisha government could be rocked by charges of illegal mining. A report by the Central Committee set up by the Supreme Court has found that 187 iron ore and manganese mines in the state are guilty of a host of violations, including mining in violation of environment and forest laws, and the excess mining of ore.

Mining curbs in India in states such as Goa and Karnataka along with mine closures in top producing Odisha have limited iron ore availability in the country, opening the door to more imports this year, which could help absorb some of the surplus in global supply.

The Congress received some much-needed good news today from Karnataka, where it has won two of the three state assembly seats that were decided today. The big coup for the Congress has been its appropriation of an important BJP borough - Rural Bellary, the rich and graft-ridden heart of mining in the state.